The Goodyears have been on the car for exactly a year and have covered 15,500 miles (24,955 kms).
Overall my impression of the tires has become more favorable. As I have mentioned before, it takes a while for these tires to ‘bed in’.
The Goodyears are quiet, offer a good ride quality, handling is excellent with quick turn in, dry and wet grip have been impressive. However I did not find the tires all that good in snow. The tread seemed to compact with snow, then offered little traction.
My original complaint was about the reduction in fuel economy compared to the Kleber Quadraxer 3 tires which were on the car before. The Goodyears have improved, but they are still not as good as the Klebers. I notice my car does not freewheel as far as before. But I have discovered something. From the tire ratings on this website, the Goodyear Vector Gen 3 tires were rated as ‘B’ for rolling resistance, the same as the Klebers. But the Goodyears I later found in 205/55 R19 size are ‘C’ rated for rolling resistance. This explains why the Goodyears are around 4% worse on fuel than the Klebers.
However the big surprise is how little the Goodyear tires have worn, and they do seem to have a very low abrasion rate. I still have over 6mm of tread all round. So where you lose on fuel economy, you make up on the long life of the tires. Would I buy them again?
No. I am going back to the Klebers.
